Optium position for iBike Stem Mounting
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:59 pm
I recently changed stems 110mm to a 120mm (both 6 degree), and moved my iBike further forward about 5cm on my stem as it was possible to occasionally knock it with my knee in the far back placement. Since doing this I have done multiple Coast Down/Cal rides and I'm getting very low CRR values , or even negative values depending on if I exclude certain coastdowns. Nothing else has changed and I'm doing the CAL in optimal conditions with no wind on my usual bit of road. Have also been meticulous with Wind offsets and Tilts and it takes about 10 minutes to ride to this spot. Looking down from above, the air port is about 1 cm behind the front of the stem. I was wondering if I should move the ibike even further forward to clear the front of the stem so it's the first thing hitting the wind. Is this going to have any influence on the CRR figure?